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Elliptical galaxies may just be spiral galaxies with their arms lobbed off
‘Christmas tree’ galaxy shines in new image from Hubble and JWST
Here’s what a billion years does to glass on the moon
The Juno spacecraft spotted evidence of a salty ocean on Jupiter’s biggest moon
Why the heck is Earth wet?
Smithsonian unveils a very small sample of the 4.5-billion-year-old Bennu asteroid
First NASA images from Lucy’s flyby reveal that ‘Dinky’ is not alone
NASA spacecraft Lucy says hello to ‘Dinky’ asteroid on far-flying mission
What astronomers learned from a near-Earth asteroid they never saw coming
You can see three meteor showers at their peak and a full Beaver Moon this November
Uranus has a weird infrared aurora
A sneak peek at the lunar camera destined for the Artemis missions
Earth-like plate tectonics may have shaped Venus billions of years ago
The moon is 40 million years older than we thought, according to crystals collected by Apollo astronauts
This private lander could be the first US machine on the moon this century
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Don’t miss this weekend’s total lunar eclipse
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China’s Yutu 2 Rover investigated a ‘mysterious hut’ on the moon
The 123,000 MPH Plasma Engine That Could Finally Take Astronauts To Mars
Juno finally got close enough to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot to measure its depth
Curiosity found a new organic molecule on Mars
How to photograph the moon like a pro
Perseverance is cutting perfect circles out of Mars to search for signs of life
Astronomers just mapped the ‘bubble’ that envelopes our planet
Inside NASA’s messy plan to return to the moon by 2024
Your ancestors might have been Martians
There’s an especially big window to catch this week’s eclipse of the Beaver Moon
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